Monthly Archives: January 2015
Activist Hedge Fund Elliott Has Big Stake in Informatica
WSJ – Activist hedge fund Elliott Management Corp. has taken an 8% stake in big-data company Informatica Corp. , making it the company’s biggest shareholder, as of recent Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The activist said Informatica’s shares are “significantly […]
Here’s How Some Hedge Funds Are Accidentally Showing Their Hand
Business Insider – Hedge fund managers spend their time navigating through thick piles of data and analyzing the inner workings of the companies they invest in. Understandably, they like to keep those activities on the down-low, and make every effort to […]
British Hedge Fund Manager Sees Doom And Gloom For Markets
Benzinga – British hedge fund manager Crispin Odey thinks the world is headed for a downturn that will “devastate equity markets.” The 55-year-old hedge fund manager, whom the New York Times recently described as a “semi-celebrity” in England, said central […]
Study: ETF Assets To Exceed $5 Trillion By 2020
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Professionally managed financial investments globally are predicted to grow at 6 percent annually to reach $100 trillion by 2020, according to a new report by PwC. ETFs will pay a prominent role in this growth, as […]
With Volatility Comes Opportunity
Maybe that isn’t exactly how the quote goes, but when you are talking about investing, you would rather talk about volatility than adversity. Adversity is usually associated with a setback and investment managers don’t like to think about setbacks, they […]
Weavering Hedge Fund Boss Gets 13 Years In Jail
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – After a long and drawn out trial regarding the collapse of the UK’s largest hedge fund, Weavering, which went down in 2009 with more than $530m of losses, founder Magnus Peterson has been sentenced to 13 years […]
As inequality soars, the nervous super rich are already planning their escapes
Guardian – With growing inequality and the civil unrest from Ferguson and the Occupy protests fresh in people’s mind, the world’s super rich are already preparing for the consequences. At a packed session in Davos, former hedge fund director Robert […]
Hedge Funds Learn Secrets Not So Safe
Bloomberg – In the hedge-fund world, there is no more closely guarded secret than what stock a firm is preparing to target. But recently, a few fund managers have discovered that their plans may not be as secret as they […]
Bill Ackman Joins Ranks Of Most Successful Hedge Fund Managers
JBD – Besides climbing to the top of the hedge fund world, activist investor Bill Ackman has become one of the most successful hedge fund managers of all time after his Pershing Square made huge profits from big bets on […]
Hedge Funds Bet Oil Will Fall Further
Bloomberg – Hedge funds boosted bearish wagers on oil to a four-year high as U.S. supplies grew the most since 2001. Money managers increased short positions in West Texas Intermediate crude to the highest level since September 2010 in the […]
Standard & Poor’s To Pay $77 Million For Ratings Violations
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Standard & Poor’s has agreed to pay more than $58 million to settle SEC charges rising from a series of federal securities law violations by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services involving fraudulent misconduct in its ratings […]
SEC Charges Investment Adviser and Manager in South Florida-Based Fraud
New York (Hedgeco.Net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based investment advisory firm, its manager, and three related funds in a scheme that raised more than $17 million […]